The Armenian Church in Soviet Armenia; The Policies of the Armenian Bolsheviks and the Armenian Church, 1920-1932

ISBN-13: 9781433169694 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 272 str.

Pawel Siemianowski; Artur Zwolski; Jakub Osiecki

Opis

Through documents uncovered in the Communist Party Archive in Yerevan and the Georgian Historical Archive, press antireligious propaganda, oral testimonies, and biographical interviews conducted by the author, The Armenian Church in Soviet Armenia expands the discussion on the history of the Armenian Church in the 20th century.

Recenzje

"Using extensive archival material, Jakub Osiecki has produced a unique study of a very important and rarely studied subject. The volume is a welcome addition to studies on Armenia and its Church."-George Bournoutian, Iona College

Spis treści

Preface - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - The Situation of the Armenian Church during the 19th and early 20th Centuries - Soviet Armenia (1920-1932) - Communist Policies toward the Armenian Church - Aftermath of Bolshevik Policy against the Armenian Church - Summary and Conclusion - Bibliography - Summary in Armenian - Notes on the Translators - Index

O autorze

Jakub Osiecki works at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and is a member of the Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes (AIEA) and the Society for Armenian Studies. He received an M.A. in Russian studies from Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 2008, and in January 2014 was awarded a Ph.D. in history with the thesis "The Armenian Apostolic Church in Soviet Armenia 1920-1932" (published in Polish in 2017). He is also co-author of a publication on the Catholics of the Armenian rite in Armenia and Georgia.